PAT'S NEWS

Holocaust Memorial Day Speech
This is a difficult subject to speak about both because it is well chronicled and because the horror and scale of what happened make our words seem ill suited to...

SPEECH ON BANK BONUSES AND YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East) (Lab): At first glance it might seem as though youth unemployment and bank bonuses are separate issues, or that if they are linked it...

The £20 billion question
One of the features of the banking crisis has been the anger and incredulity of people at the sharp end of public expenditure cuts and the squeeze on real incomes...

SPEECH ON THE POLITICS OF LESS
ECONOMY DEBATE 6TH DECEMBER 2011, HOUSE OF COMMONS I shall use the time available to make a couple of points about the economic challenge facing the country, and in particular...

SPEECH ON MANUFACTURING
I have taken part in a number of debates on this matter over the years, including as a Minister in the previous Government and as an Opposition spokesman after the...

ATTENTION ALL YOUNG PEOPLE! Could your ideas for your area earn you a share of £100,000?
An exciting opportunity for young people in Wolverhampton to build their financial skills and win a share of £100,000. Barclays and Channel 4 have launched an exciting...

BILSTON BATTLE BUS TAKE ON BOUNDARY COMMISSION PROPOSALS AT PUBLIC HEARING
BILSTON BATTLE BUS TAKE ON BOUNDARY COMMISSION PROPOSALS AT PUBLIC HEARINGA coach full of Bilstonians went to the Boundary Commission’s public hearing today to oppose the draft proposal for the current Wolverhampton South East constituency and Keep Bilston United....

MAJOR INVESTMENT PLAN FOR COSELEY SUBMITTED TO DUDLEY COUNCIL
Skelton group, owners of the Wellington and Bean Road industrial estates in Coseley, have put in a planning application for a major redevelopment of the site to Dudley council....

STEVE ROTHERAM, BUSES AND HAPPY DIWALI
MPs have had a pretty bad name in recent years. What do they do other than fiddle their expenses and take long holidays is a question posed by some?...

THE TEST FOR VICKERS IS THE REAL ECONOMY
The exam question is simple: how do we deal with the problem of banks deemed too big to fail and then taking risks underwritten by an effective taxpayer guarantee? This...

JAGUAR LAND ROVER ANNOUNCEMENT BRINGS NEW HOPE AND NEW BELIEF
The announcement this week by Jaguar Land Rover that they are to build a new engine plant on the i54 site near Wolverhampton is fantastic news. The £355m...

BOUNDARY COMMISSION PROPOSES TO CUT WOLVERHAMPTON SOUTH EAST IN FOUR DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ACROSS THREE BOROUGHS
The Boundary Commission for England has published its proposals for new parliamentary boundaries to come into effect at the next General Election. They divide the Wolverhampton South East...

THE URGENT NEED FOR GROWTH
The political debate over the past year has been dominated by argument over the deficit. How far and how fast to cut. Yet the signals in this country...

REPORT TO CONSTITUENTS ON THE DISORDER OF THIS WEEK
REPORT TO CONSTITUENTS ON THE DISORDER OF THIS WEEKThe disorder of this week began at the weekend in Tottenham in North London following the police shooting of a young man suspected of involvement in gun crime. When an...

NO LIBERTY WITHOUT ORDER
In the face of the disorder in English cities in recent days, the debate has revolved around questions of individual responsibility or wider issues of opportunity and parenting. But...

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